Ring Game Rules for my App

Black-Balled said:
Nine ball rules with necessary changes:

Honest effort to make legal hit
Any foul provides incoming shooter to make foiling player shoot again.
All balls made as a result of foul are spotted and incoming player may take ball in hand behind headstrong (or make fouling player shit again)
Player who wins game breaks next and player before him racks.
Pay every game.
Shuffle order every 5 games or so to reduce effects of collusion.
Pay every game.
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Great list 💪💪

One thing-pay after every $ ball in the event there are multiple $ balls. 5&9 or pea pool. We used to use quarters under the rail to keep score. Sometimes the quarries were the bet. Other times we used them just as “chips” and defined their value $1-$5 was usually the action. Each player had his own rail. So settle up at the end of every inning in pea pool. Or on a runout which paid double.

Fun times
 
David in FL said:
Honest effort to make a ball, not just a hit. No safes…

I really don’t know how you prevent two ways. That’s like saying if you miss a shot you have to leave the next guy a shot…
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Can’t prevent 2 ways, but guys who play that good ain’t likely in ring games at that point. My ring game action dried up eventually-mostly. We did have some A player ring games. And we all were friends and it was social so the honest effort thing was legit.

Just honest effort-what ever that means😉

Scouts honor, I’m a pool player. And I haven’t been playing(which in my case is true) Fatboy 🟧
 
9 or 10 balls, same rules.
You must try for a shot, no safes.
Ball before money spots, but ONLY if it was just made. No spotting balls that were previously pocketed.
Money balls spot back up and player shoots again if put in out of order.
Incoming player has an option (to make fouling player shoot again) on a foul. Kitchen on a scratch, also option to incoming player.
if the lowest ball is in the kitchen on a scratch, it spots. If more than one ball is spotted up, lowest number first, highest number last.
5 and 9 or 5 and 10 are money balls, final ball usually worth double.
A chalkboard works great, write everyone's names in the order they play and just add marks for each ball. (1 mark for a 5, 2 marks for a 9 or 10.)

Optional: pay the same as the 5 for any ODD numbered balls that are banked (called) in.
 
Black-Balled said:
Nine ball rules with necessary changes:

Honest effort to make legal hit
Any foul provides incoming shooter to make foiling player shoot again.
All balls made as a result of foul are spotted and incoming player may take ball in hand behind headstrong (or make fouling player shit again)
Player who wins game breaks next and player before him racks.
Pay every game.
Shuffle order every 5 games or so to reduce effects of collusion.
Pay every game.
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Also, in the case of 2 Money balls (the 5 and the 9) if the 9 is made before the 5 due to a combination, then you play the rest of the rack out until the 5 ball is made. The next rack is broken by the player that made the 9.
 
Icon of Sin said:
Also, in the case of 2 Money balls (the 5 and the 9) if the 9 is made before the 5 due to a combination, then you play the rest of the rack out until the 5 ball is made. The next rack is broken by the player that made the 9.
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Interesting. We’ve always played that any money ball made early (5 or 9) spots up, which in turn gives you more opportunities to cash on that rack.
 
Icon of Sin said:
Also, in the case of 2 Money balls (the 5 and the 9) if the 9 is made before the 5 due to a combination, then you play the rest of the rack out until the 5 ball is made. The next rack is broken by the player that made the 9.
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Played in a few big ring games at top hat...good times.
 
I like @rexus31's rules above for clean 9b/10b ring games. A few of us play exactly the same as his, with $ on 5b and 9/10b and also 4 player max (usually just 3, anything > 4 is too chaotic and too much standing around time IMO). I've never seen his rules about money ball order in current game determining player order in next game - that solves a few "issues" regarding rotating the player lineup - I'll gladly try to adopt that into my local crowed and think it makes good sense for any notion of "standard" ring game rules. Lately, we've also started playing full 15b rotation ring games, essentially the same rules. Definitely $ balls spot up and game continues until final biggest $ ball goes down.

No offence to the OP, and more power to you for working on the app and those who will enjoy it - but IMO keeping phones/apps out of pool as much as possible - is a great thing. I personally prefer coins under the rail as markers, but it get can get confusing with > 2 players. Virtually all places around me have small whiteboard+markers these days; names/columns/hashmarks work great. Aside from keeping the phones tucked away, keeps everyone honest, avoids mistakes, and railbirds can also clearly see what's going on and fosters a more lively environment.

Not rules, but some fun things to enrichen the game:
  • 9b/10b are 2x the $$ vs the 5b (ie, $5 on 5b, $10 on 9b/10b)
  • B&R's pay double, but NOT table runs. (ie, with $5 on 5b & $10 on the 9b - the player who B&R's gets 5+10x2 = $30 from each player). Got this one from watching a strong Filipino ring game recently in SoCal...
Great thread✌️
 
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phreaticus said:
I like @rexus31's rules above for clean 9b/10b ring games. A few of us play exactly the same as his, with $ on 5b and 9/10b and also 4 player max (usually just 3, anything > 4 is too chaotic and too much standing around time IMO). I've never seen his rules about money ball order in current game determining player order in next game - that solves a few "issues" regarding rotating the player lineup - I'll gladly try to adopt that into my local crowed and think it makes good sense for any notion of "standard" ring game rules. Lately, we've also started playing full 15b rotation ring games, essentially the same rules. Definitely $ balls spot up and game continues until final biggest $ ball goes down.

No offence to the OP, and more power to you for working on the app and those who will enjoy it - but IMO keeping phones/apps out of pool as much as possible - is a great thing. I personally prefer coins under the rail as markers, but it get can get confusing with > 2 players. Virtually all places around me have small whiteboard+markers these days; names/columns/hashmarks work great. Aside from keeping the phones tucked away, keeps everyone honest, avoids mistakes, and railbirds can also clearly see what's going on and fosters a more lively environment.

Not rules, but some fun things to enrichen the game:
  • 9b/10b are 2x the $$ vs the 5b (ie, $5 on 5b, $10 on 9b/10b)
  • B&R's pay double, but NOT table runs. (ie, with $5 on 5b & $10 on the 9b - the player who B&R's gets 5+10x2 = $30 from each player). Got this one from watching a strong Filipino ring game recently in SoCal...
Great thread✌️
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Yeah, having the player that pockets the 5B in rotation go second avoids a lot of issues regarding the lineup and I agree, more than 4 players can be boring and chaotic. We usually play $1 on the 5B and $2 on the 10B with a BNR earning you $5. We have a regular weekly game amongst friends so we play small stakes to keep it friendly.
 
Black-Balled said:
Pay every game?
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Paying each game if my preference.
Most around where I live want to pay after 5 rounds.

Might need to check to see if they have enough money before they are allowed to shoot (you would be shocked to know how many of these type players are in N. Florida... They don't have any money when it's time to pay, cause they "THOUGHT" they were THAT good).
 
Blind_Squirrel said:
That's what I said...
Until you can find a darn pencil!
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Yep, though up here many places provide free pencils - and multi-purpose score sheets:
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Usually can't get people to do it, but I like paying out after every money ball; no bookkeeping and it's fun to have the cash flying around.
 
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